Book-marker.



E. R. INMAN.

BOOK MARKER. APPLICATION FILED 313.19, 1907.

934,970. Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB.19, 1907.

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UNITED STATB PATENT FFEQE.

EDWARD R. INDIAN, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO KATE GRANT POI-IL, OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA.

BOOK-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1999.

Application filed February 19, 1907. Serial No. 358,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. INMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book- Markers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved book-marker, the form and application of which are herein fully set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and in which:

Figure l is a plan view of my marker. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a book showing several of my markers in place therein. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a book showing the tape wound around the back or hinge thereof and passing between the leaves.

My marker consists of an elongated strip of any suitable material such as paper, linen or celluloid, but preferably the latter, in combination with a suitable tape or cord passing about the back or hinge of a book and adapted to be engaged by said marker. The inner end A of the marker,that is, the end approximate to the hinge of the book when the marker is in positionis preferably considerably wider than the outer end B, which projects beyond the leaves of the book. Approximate to end A, I punch two holes, H, H, a suitable distance apart and join them by a slit S, which curves toward the other end of the marker, thus forming a longitudinally-disposed tongue T, the office of which is hereinafter set forth. Upon the outer end B of the marker may be placed any suitable identifying character C, by which the references may be designated.

The application of my marker is as follows: When a number of references in a book are to be marked, a list of these references is made, and each reference is numbered in the order which is to be observed in reading them: A tape 2 is then suitably at tached by one end to the book 1, and as each reference is located, the tape 2 is laid into the book at the hinge point, then passed around the back of the book; a marker 3 is then attached to the tape by passing the tongue T over the same, and drawing the marker outward so that the tape occupies the holes H, H; this operation is repeated at each reference until all are marked, when the free end of the tape is made fast, thus completing the marking of the book.

It will be readily seen that the markers may be easily attached to and detached from the tape Without removing the tape from the book, which is one of the convenient and desirable features of my marker, also that there are no features about the marker, or nothing in the method of attaching it to a book, that render it likely to tear or in any way deface the book.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a book-marker a strip of suitable material, wider at one end than at the other, there being holes or eyes approximate to the wider end which are joined by a slit that curves, intermediate said eyes, toward the opposite end of said strip.

2. In a book-marker a strip of suitable material having approximate to one end thereof, a longitudinally disposed tongue with its free end disposed toward the opposite end of said strip, there being an eye at each side of the base of said tongue.

3. In a book marker, a book having a plurality of strands of tape or cord passing around the back or hinge of the book and between the leaves thereof, the ends of said tape being suitably secured, in combination with a plurality of strips of flexible material, each of said strips having approximate to one end thereof a longitudinally-disposed tongue adapted to detachably engage one of said strands of tape.

4. In a book marker, a strip of flexible materialhaving at one end thereof a longitudinally-disposed tongue, the free end of which is disposed toward the opposite end of said strip, in combination with a book, a tape or cord passing about the hinge of said book and between the leaves thereof, said cord being adapted to be engaged, intermediate said leaves, by said tongue.

5. In a book-marker, the combination of a plurality of strips of flexible material, each having at one end thereof means for detachably connecting same to a tape or cord, a book, and a flexible tape, said tape being Wound around the hinge or back of said book and passing between the leaves thereof, said tape being detachably engaged by said strip and the other end of said strip extending beyond the leaves of the book, for the purpose 7 10 set forth.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD R. INMAN.

Witnesses GILSON SI-IAFFER, LAURA S. INMAN. 

